San Francisco Tenants Union organizers Becca Gourevitch and Andrew Szeto
said the year after longtime tenant activist Ted Gullicksen's death was
challenging. They are working to carry on his legacy throughout the
organization's transition into new leadership. Click here to read the full story...
A new law requiring additional tenant notification on prior bed bug infestations. The disclosure requirement took effect for new tenants July 1 and will apply to existing tenants Jan. 1. It requires landlords to provide tenant with a bed bug history of the apartment while prohibiting them from “showing, renting, or leasing a vacant dwelling unit that the landlord knows has a bed bug infestation.” Full text of legislation can be viewed at: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB551